It created waves more than 30 meters (100 feet) high, releasing energy ... impact of a catastrophic tsunami can never be completely prevented. Citation: 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean ... Africa. Waves towering up to 100 feet high swept ...

Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami ... path of those lethal waves had never heard of such a destructive phenomenon until it came their way. “Tsunami is a Japanese ...

In 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across the Indian Ocean with 40-foot-high waves slamming into India, Thailand, Indonesia and several other countries, killing at least 225,000 people ...

The resulting tsunami unleashed waves more than 100 feet high and as ... Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern ...

GALLE, Sri Lanka — Survivors and families of victims of the Indian ... tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, sending waves ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet high, killing an estimated 230,000 people. Twenty years later, people gathered ...

triggering the tsunami. Violent, deadly waves nearly 100ft high radiated outward from the epicentre. At its fastest, in the deep waters of the Indian Ocean, it travelled up to 620mph.

It created waves more than 30 metres (100 feet) high ... systems - The tsunami also forced a reckoning about the preparedness of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean basin.

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ... Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves that swept into ...